Semiramide Libretto English Translation

Semiramide

Tragic melodrama in two acts by Gaetano Rossi, music by Gioacchino Rossini

First Absolute on 3.2.1823 La Fenice Theater, Venice

CHARACTERS

Semiramis, Queen of Babylon, SopranoArsace, commander of the army, ContraltoAssur, prince of the blood of Belo, BassoIdreno, King of the Indus, TenorAzema, princess of the blood of Belo, MezzosopranoOroe, chief of the Magi, BassoMitrane, captain of the royal guards, TenorThe shadow of Nino, Basso

FIRST SCENEOroe in the sanctuary, at the foot of the simulacrum ofBelo;Magi who, prostrate and bowed, adore;ministers arranged outside the sanctuary eprostrate;Oroe in act of celestial vision.

OROE(after having revived, and collearms stretched towards the simulacrum)Yes ... Gran Nume ... I mean you.Your venerable decrees I adore:And the tremendous instantOf justice, of revenge I await.(The Magi and the ministers rise up with him).Or of Assyria to 'acceding peoples,To foreign people, a 'prenci, a' regi,Of the new august temple in Belo sacred,Ministers, you open the aurate doors:(The ministers will open the two great doorslateral).And to me around you, Magi, unite you.(He retires among the Magi to the sanctuary).

SECOND SCENEDoors open, the scene is filling up withBabylonians of both sexes, of foreigners, ofmaidens;all bear offers and yesThey have;then the following is sung.

CHOIRBelo is celebrated, Belo honors:Festive sounds, mystical choirsIn the aurea echeggino in such a beautiful day;A so great day is sacred to Belo.From the Golden Ganges, from the altered Nile,From the indomitable Tigers, from the whole bodyCome, or peoples, in a beautiful day ...This great day is sacred to Belo.In so much glory he will want from heavenBelo descends among us,Let the Assyria be happy to do so.(Enter the Indians, bringing incenseand various offers.After them Idreno;they approach the sanctuary).

IdrenoThere from the Ganges to you I firstI have gifts, or mighty God:Or smile gentlyA 'beautiful vows of my heart;And mercy find omaiA constant and lively love.

CHOIRIn this day Assyria omaiA successor sees the throne.(Great and satraps that precede eaccompany Assur, followed by slaves,who will deliver the offers).

ASSURYes hope; yes exulted:Fate of Assyria will be able to:This desolate dayOn high events the day will be:On his throne the successorThe Queen will choose:My faith, my valueObbliare will not want.

IdrenoAnd you aspire? ...

OROE(serious)And you claim? ...

ASSUROf regnar, of Nino to the throne.

OROEYou! ... (that Orror!)

ASSURYou know that I am ...

OROE(marked)I know who Assur is ... Yes, I know everything.

IDRENO, ASSUR and OROE(To those sayings, to that aspectFremer feel the heart in his chest,I can hardly mine my furor./terror.)

CHOIRBut of plaudits joyful clamor echoes:The happy party is already celebrating:What a goddess in her fulgor is already approaching ...Ah! Come, of our cor, beautiful Queen.

CHOIRAh! see you again! surrendered there you are!To you of this favor, yes thank you, O Gods!Alfin the look, the cor we leave in you ...Know our love, our fé.In her, clementi Dei, keep each oneD'Assiria splendor, our love.

AZEMA, ASSUR, IDRENO, OROE and COROOf so many regi and peoplesWhat you look for around youBetween 'expected votes and beats.Here, o Regina, the day.

Semiramide(Among so many royal and peoples,De 'numi in the living room,And why tremble and throb,Misero cor, so?)

ASSURRegina, all'ara: and swearsToday in AssyriaYou will choose between usDi Nino the successor.

OROEPause.(Thunder: the sacred fire of the altar goes out;surprise, confusion, general terror).Mira.

ALLWhat a fia! ... What a horrible!

ALLAh! already the sacred fire is extinguished.The heavens are angry, dark:The temple is shaking ... An uneven event!What a threat to us misfortune!The alma chills with fright.Ah! of us who will never be!

SemiramideOh you de Magi venerable chief,Mortal delight in CielInterpreter fedel, speaks: placatedStill not with ... Babylon?

SemiramideAll in mind,Yes ... all Assur. V'attendo,Prenci, at the palace. - The long-awaited seatedWith the sacred oracle, Oroe sends me.And in the meantime to my votesPropitations implore the Gods in such a great way.(Part, with everyone).

FOURTH SCENEOroe.

OROEThe Gods are just. - I trembleFor his destiny; and I pity it, and I moan.(Enter the sanctuary).

SCENE FIFTHArsace, two slaves, carrying oneclosed box.

ArsacesHere I am at last in Babylon. And thisOf Belo the temple. - What an august silenceMore venerating still makes the living roomOf the deity! - Which in the breastTo me, guerrier, nudritoBetween the Orror of the fists, now he wakes up,Del Nume formidable to the appearance,Unusual terror, sacred respect! -And this Nume from meWhat can he want? Dying the parentHere he sent me: secretA note from Semiramus calls meQuick to his palace ... and yearningTo Azema, to his well-burning coreHere he flew on the wings of love.Ah! that day every dayOf my glory and of contentment,That among the barbarians I couldLife and honor to her serbar.He wrapped it in these armsTo his vile kidnapper;I felt against my coreHis palpitar core.He opened his eyelash, looked at me ...He smiled at me ... he sighed ...Oh! as from that dayEverything for me changed!That guard kidnapped me,This soul flared up:The Ciel opened for me,Love moved me ...D'Azema and that dayForget me I'll never know.Ministers, to the great Pope announcedThe son of Fradate.

SCENE SESTAOroe, arriving and Arsace.

OROEI was waiting for you, Arsace.

Arsaces(to prostrate)At your feet ...

OROE(hug)Arise, come to my sen.

ArsacesOf my fatherThe extreme gesture to you guides me

OROEA God,Whom are you dear, who holds your destiny,He brought me to you.

Arsaces(presenting the box)These preciousPawns that he kept at every sight ascosi ...

OROEOh! yes: ask them. - In orderI aim for you, I kiss you, or holy leftoversOf the greatest of the Regi. - Here's the tremendousSheet of death. - The royal ward is this ...Adore him.(Marked)Here is the brandoThat dee vandicar: feared brando,That tamed Asia and subjugated Egypt ...Inutil arme against betrayal,Against the poison. -

SEVENT SCENEArsaces;then Assur;followed with it, whichremains in the bottom.

ArsacesWhat accents! - and neverDo you think so? - and thisAssur that I already hate? ...

ASSURIs it therefore true? - Bold!Without a sign from Babylon in Arsace!

Arsaces(What pride!)

ASSURReply. - To what you leftThe field you trust? - and who is driving youFrom the Caucasus to the Euphrates?

ArsacesOf my...And your Queen beckoned - and my core.

ASSURYour core? - OserestiAsk Semiramide? ...

ArsacesMercedeIn this day, to my courage, to my faith.

ASSURSuperb! - I mean. - ArdisciAzema amar.

ArsacesI love it.

ASSURBut you do not know that AzemaShe is the daughter of your Kings! that in Ninia marriesDestined by being born ...

ArsacesI know Ninia died, I know that of NinoEqual, miserable was destiny,I know that Azema saved from extreme fate;I do not know, I do not fearRivale that contrastsMy affections ... I know I love it, and that's it.

Beautiful picture of the Gods,Only Azema I love her:And more dear to me than a throneIt is the empire of his cor.

ASSUROf Assyria to 'demigodsAspirar solice to you:One footsteps the crazy prideMal contends to me that cor.

ArsacesYou? - do not know,You do not know what amor is.Of a tender love,Constant, true,That proud of your coreCapable is not:The sweet motionsUnknown to you are;You do not love the throne,That's all for you ...The core of AzemaIt's all for me.

ASSURIf it bores meBold soulI brake my coreCapable is not.Your daring votesAlready known I am:But in vain to that throneYou aspire with me.Renunciation of Azema,Or tremble for you.

ArsacesI tremble? - of you? m'avvioAt the palace, at my idol:

ASSURThere, you can see d'Assur,In this day, perhaps your King.

ArsacesRegnar maybe one day you can ...But you will never be my King.

ASSURThere my wife Azema ...

ArsacesAzema! ...He swore to me, he took me there.

ARSACE and ASSURGo, superb: in that palaceAlready I am ready to triumph:Yes, for me this dayOf content and splendor.But tremendous, but fatalTo you, day of rossor.

Atrium in the palace.

SCENE EIGHTAzema, then Idreno.

AZEMAOh me happy! - Arsace,The beloved good in Babylon! - To mineFervid votes to send the Gods:I will be able to ...

IdrenoPrincess,The great hour is approached in which decidedIt will be the fate of Assyria ... and mine.Speak once, say, hope for me! ...Your heart, your right? ...

AZEMAAssur is well known to me: and neverFrom me only one thought, from me a sighHe got still ... he'll never get it:

IdrenoBreath.Ah, where is it, where is the trial?Already I feel more of myself;You give me hope,New in me you laughed ardir.Of a rival the rea boldnessI already blaze with punir.And, if still freeIt's your beautiful core;Of what I light upTender loveAt leastFeel pity;More trust a soulYou will not find:You alone the idol,Dear, you will be,That every hydrantHe will adore.(Part).

AZEMAIf he did not have and deserve ArsaceAll my affections,I feel that only I could love Hydrogen.(Part).

Hanging gardens.

NONA SCENESemiramis sitting in a flowered berceau.Young citarist and damsels in various groupsthey try to distract her, they joke around her;ismixed with sound the following.

CHOIRSerena the vague rai,The penalty clears omai:Arsace returned, - Here you will come ...Let the heart be joyful.Already everything on his returnAround him he was animated.The sweetest spiran the aurasD'amor voluptuousness ...This gloomy chete scatterThe calm of love ...Arsace returned, - Here you will come ...Here everything will expireThe calm of love,D'amor voluptuousness.

SemiramideNice ray lusinghierOf hope and pleasureAlfin shone for me:Arsace returned, - Yes, he will come to me.This alma that sinorGemé, he trembled, he languished ...Oh! how he breathed! -My every duol disappeared,From the heart, from my thoughtsThe terror disappeared ...Nice ray lusinghierOf hope, of pleasureAlfin shone for me:Arsace returned, "Here I will come. -

SEMIRAMIDE with CHORUSThe calm at this corArsace will make:Arsace returned, - Here you / I will come ...Here everything will expireThe calm of lovePure voluptuousness.

SemiramideSweet thoughtOf that moment,The lover cor smiles at you.As more expensive,After the torment,It's the beautiful momentOf peace and love!

CHOIR(Repeats).

SemiramideNor does it come again! - But who do I see? - Mitrane!And what do you bring?

Semiramide(uncertain)What a fia! ...The hand, the heart tremble me ... and if ever! ...And if that shadow! and if new horrors! ...And the sky! - from so much distress escasi omai.(Explain the papyrus and reads)"Cesseran your pains,You will find peace againOn the return of Arsace, to new Hymen ".Thank you, v'adoro, o Dei, clementi Dei!And you therefore approve my vows!Placati alfin you are!Happy you want me!

ArsacesOdo that generous alfin gave upTo the Assyrian vows: that on that dayA successor named you ...

SemiramideWell!

Arsaces(with penalty)Assur, that proud Assur already King is held.The Azema man assures him the throne ...(strongly)I will die for you, but I will not serve him.

SemiramideAzema ei will not have.

Arsaces(with joy)No? -

SemiramideAlready obviousI'm talking about him

ArsacesAh! So you know him?

SemiramideAnd the emptiness to punish.

Arsaces(shy)Oh! if so of ArsaceYou knew the core!

Semiramide(marked and tender)I already know the fé, the whiteness ...

ArsacesBut I am not a warrior!

SemiramideAnd a guerrier as you are from this empireIt is the most noble support ... and you ... already you are ...(Brake, for a little while, my affections.)(Sharp)Serbami yes yes I trustThe heart, your affections,And all hope you can,And you will have everything from me.

Arsaces(with enthusiasm)To you sacra, Regina,Faith, the heart, the brando:I won for you, pugnando;I will know how to die for you.

Semiramide(with tenderness)No: you will live for me ...

Arsaces(with foco)Ah! if you read me in core ...

SemiramideSo you! ..

ArsacesAh! know omai ...M'arde the most lively love ...

Semiramide(with expression)Hope, yes, beautifulToday it will get mercy.

SEMIRAMIDE and ARSACETo the most cherished imagesOf peace and of contentmentThe soul is already abandonedIn such a beautiful moment:And among the sweetest beatsCome back to breathe.(They leave).

Lobby.

TWELFTH SCENEAssur with Magi, and Oroe.

ASSUROroe from the temple in the palace?

OROETo the hintsDel ciel, of Semiramide.

ASSURafter,Since the palace abandoned, omaiThree decades are.

OROEFrom that horrendous night,In which barbara ... fate,In which ruthless man ... hand of death,He kidnapped his good king from Assyria, took us awayWith his son Ninia all hope, and envelopedIn mourning the kingdom, and in sorrow.(Fastening it marked)Do you rememberOn that night, Assur? ...

ASSUR(braking the disturbance)Yes - but on that dayTo joy, to peace, to its primeSplendor Assyria will return.

OROEI hope.

ASSURArsace at the temple you saw?

OROETo the NumsHe offered votes.

ASSUR(ironic)And are you welcome?

OROEArsacesAi Numi is expensive.

ASSURAnd enjoyPur de 'Numi the favor; but Arsace, and secoEvery superb, to respect me learns.Tremi he who the throneContend me, I assume,Nol will save a revenge from my revenge.(Part).

OROEFor you, perfidious, trembles: weary omaiIt's a Nume to punish you, and you do not know.

Magnificent place in the palace with views ofBabylon.Throne on the right.To the leftvestibule of the superb mausoleum of the King ofNino.

THIRTEENTH SCENEThe royal guards precede the pump and yesThey have;then the satraps with their following;Oroe co 'Magi and ministers that carryaltar.They succeed Idreno, Assur, Arsacewith his own cortege;at last Semiramidewith Azema and Mitrane and ladies and slaves.The people are distributed in the fund and amongthe columns;the march is alternated fromfollowing.

CHOIRErgi omai altered forehead,Regio Eufrate: rejoices and hopes,Your hope rose on the day:Today, Assyria will have a king.The splendor of your gloriesIt will support with its value:Torneran of Belo i,You will be the king of the rivers.

CHORUS OF MAGIAnd from the heavens placati, o numes,Deh! on us turn the lights:The destiny of this kingdomProtect yourself so much.You have chosen us, worthy of usLet our King be happy.(During the Semiramide choir he will ascend intothrone;on her side, on the steps, Azema;and Assur, Arsace, Hydrant on the sides;Oroe in thehalf.The satraps surround the throne).Your votes omai,Prenci, peoples, Magi,Here I am to secondar. And he already answeredTo my secret voteFaustus the Libyan Jupiter. I choose. Or youYou must first swear, whatever,To adore, respect my choice.Swear everyone to the top godsTo obey my hints:To that King that I give to youSwear tribute and loyalty.

AZEMA, ASSUR, IDRENO, OROE,ARSACE and CHORUSI swear to the Numis, to you, Regina,To obey your notes;To that King who gives usI swear tribute and loyalty.

SemiramideThe high hero, that of AssyriaTo glory and restI chose King, ... but my husband.

AZEMA, ASSUR, IDRENO, OROEand ARSACESpouse! ... (oh heaven! ...)

SemiramideAnd this heroTo you dear, to heaven, to me -This groom, this King ...Adore him ... in Arsace.(Surprise, joy, relative thrill).

ArsacesI?...

ASSUR AND HYDRANWhat I mean!

CHOIR(cheering)Viva Arsace!

OROE(Which orror! ...)

ASSUR(Oh furor!)

AZEMA and ARSACE(Oh horrendous blow!)

CHOIRViva Arsace, our King!

ASSUR(to Semiramide)And so you can betrayMy hope, my words?(To 'satrapi)Therefore, on us eternal Gods!A scyth will reign!And will Assyria suffer?(To Semiramide)Think at least ...

SemiramideBe quiet and tremble.

Idreno(to Semiramide)If in this day you are happy,If I hope to read it,Ah, you Azema grant me,And consoles a faithful love.

Semiramide(marking Arsace)Assyrians;Nino and the son in him I give you ...(In this an underground thunder, and lightning).(Apart from).Ah! ... what happens! ... Gods! - What I mean! ...What a signal to remove the sky! ...In disdain! ... it's in favor! ...

THE SHADOW OF NINOArsace, you will reign.But there are faults to be expiated in the first.Ardito come down to my grave:Victim offer to cener mine you will have to.Listen to the pontiff the advice:Think of your parent; you serve my son.

Arsaces(decided)T'obbedirò. - SecuroThere I will go down: tel giuro.But what will the victim beWhat will I have to faint you?Are you silent? ... Do you?

THE SHADOW OF NINOArrested -Respect my ashes:If the Gods want it ...I will call you ...(Return, the door closes).

ALLWhat orror! ...

(Similar framework).

Semiramide(s'abandon to Azema)I die.

ALLAh! Shocked in the eternal orderIt is nature in such a horrible day.Nume irato discloses the averno ...Sorgon the shadows from the black living room ...Menacing death from around, menacingThe alme cluttered with anguish, of horror.Atro event! prodigy tremendous!All of the Numor announces the furor.

SECOND ACT

Lobby.

FIRST SCENEMitrane, royal guards, Arbates.

MitranesAt the palace of around,Cauto, Arbate, arrange your most trust:D'Assur watches over the big: vainHis plots we will know.

SECOND SCENESemiramide and Mitrane, bridesmaids back.

SemiramideEbben, Mitrane!The unworthy Assur ...

MitraneswincingYour command meant: - and you will not seeThe palace abandoned.

SemiramideTremble. - I would know...

MitranesThere he is.(He retires with the bridesmaids).

SemiramideI shudder.

SCENE THIRDSemiramide and Assur.

Semiramide(strict)Assur, my hintsFur sacred, irrevocable.

ASSUR(marked)And so farRegina, I adored them:Of me the most trust you did not ... the sai..â € |And another to my care, to my faithI hope for Semiramis, mercy ...And I flattered you in those moments ...

Semiramide(with thrill)Oh you! What ever memories! - and not dreadful!You saw it though ... the udists, the shadowIrritated by Nino ... to us aroundPerhaps now invisible ... and you dare! ...(In a low voice and with proud reprimand)You, that to your King in the bosomDeath versasti?

ASSUR(bitterly)And who prepared the poison?(Very marked)Death to me who gave it to me! ...

SemiramideTerrible night!Night of death!Three decades ran,And of the consortThe disdainful shadow,Under the darkness,The unworthy brideThreat each!My scares ...My torments,The angst, the heartbeats,To your tortureThe Gods turn,Perfidious cor.(Riavendosi)But implacable of NinoIt is not the shadow, nor the destiny:Arsace is protected by them;And for me it will be placated.

ASSURThat victim recallsThat of Nino the shadow waits:At his revenge rightPerhaps you will first have it from me.

CHOIRIn this augustArcane living room,InaccessibleTo the profane man,Holy oracleOn an invisible,Of a terrible oneDivinity.

OROE, then CHORUSForward intrepid,Arsace, the footer:The alma t'accendanoArdire and fé.It's a great time.Come for you:Submerged adoraThe willOn an invisible,Of a terrible one,But it's right for you,Divinity.

ArsacesEbben, comavi omai, whatever,The will of Ciel, my fate:Intrepid de 'Numi I nod.

OROEThe alma prepares to hideousUnexpected shot.

ArsacesIs that?

OROE(with thrill)Magi, goThat serto, that hoop ...And that sheet ...(Three Magi bear one the Serta,the other the sword, the other the sheet).He prostrates you. - The August SerreI'll take care of Nino.

ArsacesSuch as! - What are you doing? - Ninia lives: - nearTo appear. - and me,What to serve him, I swore,Would I betray him like that?

ArsacesAh! you freeze me.(Law)"Nino spirante to his faithful Fradate:I die ... poisoned.Save from egual periglioNinia, my sweet son ...What do you sell me one day ...Assur was the traitor ...My wicked bride ... "Oh, what a horror!(He abandons himself in the arms of Oroe).In such a barbarous disasterYou open your arms at least:Let me pour you into your bosomMy crying, my pain.To this lost soulYou comfort, aita:Of my pains to the excess excessLangue oppressed in the chest the cor.

OROE and CHORUSCome on, shake yourself: remember who you are.Servants in Heaven, your father obeys:His tremendous steel brandishes;(introduces him to Nino's sword)He asks his son for revenge.He takes arms: awaits you at the grave.Go: hasten to hurt, to punish.

Arsaces(decided)Yes: revenge. - Porgi omai.(He takes the sword).Sacred acciar of the parent,You laughed at my value:Already I feel more of me.Yup; of the ciel in the fierimentoThe will will be accomplished.

OROE and CHORUSPear Assur.

ArsacesYes, the wicked fall.

OROE and CHORUSSemiramide ...

Arsaces(sighs)Ah! - and my mother.Perhaps my father is cryingTo forgive them will still want.

CHORUS and OROEAt the trialYou rush hard:And from the graveAt the throne I have hadPlacated his fatherHe will guide you.Teco AssyriaHe will breathe.

ArsacesYes: avengedThe parentHe faintedThe traitor,Peace this soul.Sperar will be able to.To the sweet palpitiOf joy and loveHappy the coreWill come back .(They leave).

SCENE EIGHTAbsur and various voices from opposite sides, then satraps.

ASSUR(concentrate)The day already falls. Ah! bothThe last for Arsace.Pear now that daring:All the great shot hurries. - In that graveOve Nino from me ... from her already pushed ...And if there! ... If that shadow! - Vil terror! ...I...(Various voices from opposite sides).

CHOIRAh!- fate betrayed us ... More than vengeance omai - there is no hope! There is no more room for you.

ASSUR More revenge? - more throat? - and why?

CHOIROroe from the temple, go out ... To the popol, to the guerrier We put ourselves in a rage - he introduced himself. -Nino, the Ciel talking and fe '... That vile people terrified ... Your name awakens horror ... On the Assyria at the new day ... A scythian will reign! ...Ah!Fate betrayed us More revenge omai there is ... There is no more room for you.

ASSUR (with energy)Yes - there will be revenge. - I still live: I alone enough. - By unknown way, Di Nino in the grave There is descending ... I alone The wicked to faint, to avenge you flight. Trema, Arsace ... Ah! - What a miro! (He goes to the grave ... he suddenly stops, as if struck by a terrible object ... of a frightful vision)On that threshold! ... and that! ... crazy! delirious? (advances, and with horror)What hand! ... man of iron rejects me? ... And who? - Desso! - Oh! what looks! ... a brando and tightens ...He rushes to me - we flee ... Ah! That stops me ... Leave me - The crin seizes me The foot of the earth breaks through ! The abyss! ... and it points out to me ... And it pushes me ... Ah! no ... Ciel! - nor can I flee from him? ... How to save me! Oh God! Deh! ... it stops you ... it calms you ... forgives ... Remove to me that terrible aspect: That slap already I feel in the breast ... That abyss fills me with horror. At the peace of the skin returns ...Ah! pity of the oppressed my heart.

ASSUR (softly)Silent. (In the attitude in which he remained)Oh! ... run away -

CHOIRCome on, you shake. -

ASSUR Ei threat ... you see it! ...

CHOIRWho? ...

ASSUR Is there still? -

CHOIRYou alone with us Here you are.

ASSUR (little by little turning the look)But how? - And you? ... (reviving)There ... Finish - shoot! - breath. -It was deliro! ... a dream - and me! ... I had a shadow! - Oh! my rossor! -If an instant you delirai, If you were weak to you, D'an adversary God was enchantment ... But to land me invan tried ... Those ' Numbers furious ... That umber quivers ... The horror of the tombs Vo daring to defy. De 'Numi, of fate, Dell'ombre, of death, This strong soul will know how to triumph.

CHOIRDe 'Numi, of fate, Dell'ombre, of death, A strong soul Will know how to triumph. (Assur enters boldly, the chorus disperses).

SCENE DECIMA Mitrane, Arbate with guards.

MITRANE (from opposite side, all guarded)O excess black! - In his insane rage Violar dares the traitor the august Holiness of the tombs! - Surround yourself these places! - La rimanti, Arbate, Ready to fall on those rebels. - I fly to prevent the Queen. - Ah! this Night of horror to her is not fatal! (Arbates and the guards retreat, Mitrane on the other side).

Underground interior of the Nino mausoleum.The urn containing the ashes of Nino is in the middle.

ELEVEN SCENE The Magi descend; some are armed with a dagger; they advance declaiming the following

CHOIRA traitor, With wicked ardir, Threats penetrate, to design, Among these horrors. - Death to the engagement. Lontan romor ... Doubt to get around S'ode of uncertain piè ... - Who will it be?

SOMEAh!maybe the young King!

OTHER If it were the traitor! ...

ALLIn so much darkness O God vendicator Find out to my fury ... The wicked will be lost ... He will fall ... he will die ... (They scatter and ascend among the vaults, then Oroe with Arsace).

NINIA Qual dense night! - where we go down! and which invincible terror the alma takes me over! A horror ... A shudder ... A horrible omen ... that chills me. - I do not know why ... but I cry.

OROE At the great moment or six. Snuda that iron. - Ardire, do not think about hurting.

NINIA But who will hurt ? Where is the victim?

OROE The guide is a God. (He retires).

NINIA Tremendous arcane! ... Ah! the only Assur! Oh father ... Yes, at the foot of your grave I will immolate you. (He goes around and gets lost in sight). (Assur presents itself on the opposite side).

ASSUR Among these horrors, Furies, that stirred me, Reggete my steps, the acciar guide. Proud rival, to my vengeance Your fate abandons you; Here you will find death ... And the grave. (He gets lost among the times). (Semiramide from the bottom).

SEMIRAMID Already the treacherous descent: Among these opaque darkness concealed He awaits his victim. - But armed It is the arm of a mother. - O you ... that bridegroomI no longer apprehend, I welcome, in the meantime, a weeping and desolate heart. To my pray you surrender: Your son defend; Forgive me once, have mercy on me. (It remains sighing at the foot of Nino's tomb).

SEMIRAMIDE, NINIA and ASSUR The used ardir ... My valor where is it? Where is my cor? ...Ah!the feeling languir In so much horror. What will ever be of me? What will I do? Miserable! / A! Oh God! I do not know! ... The used ardir. -(They remain in analogous attitudes of terror and breathlessness).

OROE (behind the grave with solemn sound)Ninia, hurt!

ASSUR (hit)Ninia ...

NINIA (recognizes the voice)Assur! ...

SEMIRAMIDE (of the same)The son! ...

ASSUR (as above)Arsace! Where is? (Looking for darkness).

NINIA Pera -

SEMIRAMID Save. -

NINIA My Father, Behold your vengeance - (While trying to hurt Assur, who looks for him in another part, Semiramis presents him, and he wounds her believing her to be Assur).Iniquitous ... Mori. -

NINIA (seeing ahead of Assur)Do you live? - but who then I fainted there? And this blood!

CHOIRHeaven is pagai omai: Revenge is accomplished. -Come. - He is drawn to his fate.

ASSUR More horrible to me than death It is to see you my King. (In leaving among the guards, he sees Semiramis extinguished behind the grave)But ... Oh! joy! - Still more desperate than I can leave you. (With fierce exultation)There, superb, aims: Contemplate your opra ... Look who is breathing. -

OROE (interposing).Ah!no ...

NINIA (with anxiety and breathlessness)Leave.

ASSUR (with strength and joy)It's your mother. (It is led by the guards).

NINIA (with horror and anguish)My mother! ... and me! - What a horrible! and I could! ... But you, barbarians Gods, you who led The right ... the blows! (With impetus)Ah!where's that hoax? Give it to my fury: Odious, fatal Is it my life to me ... (He tries to hurt himself: he is held back by Oroe, among whose arms he surrenders unconscious).

OROE and CORO Stop ...

OTHERS Stop you.

CHORUS GENERAL Come Arsace, to the triumph, to the palace, Of the pain to excess resist: You de 'numi to want servants; Let you be happy with Assyria. Come, the people rejoice, celebrate; See, worship the new King. (The scene is filled with satraps, Great and the people.